The politics in Gordonsville, VA are historically rooted in the Republican Party and generally favor conservative values. The town has been represented by local political candidates such as Republicans Dave Brat, Rob Wittman, Ben Cline, and Abigail Spanberger. It is home to a wide variety of constituents with different beliefs and opinions which have been expressed through various campaigns, initiatives, protests, and rallies. Despite a range of political views in the area there is a strong local presence that works together to ensure Gordonsville remains a close-knit community.
The political climate in Gordonsville, VA is moderately conservative.
Orange County, VA is moderately conservative. In Orange County, VA 38.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 38.5%.
Orange county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gordonsville, VA is moderately conservative.
Orange County, Virginia is moderately conservative.
Virginia is somewhat liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Gordonsville, Virginia: R R r R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Gordonsville, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,610 contributions totaling $124,156 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 178 contributions totaling $25,824 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)